Conflict in Northern Ireland in the cultural and historical background

The aim of this thesis is to introduce the situation in Northern Ireland. It follows the historical causes of the conflict and its development over the key events in the 20th century until the recent days. Each chapter considers the conflict from a different point of view; political, diplomatic and cultural which seems to be important for understanding of the conflict itself. The parts devoted to culture and society are concerned with the reaction on the conflict in the level of an ordinary citizen and his possibilities to participate with his own endeavour in the peace process. In the last part, that refers to the latest progression, the thesis reports the hotbed of disputes which are constantly annually repeated and summarizes individual points which are in the future desired to be dedicated a special attention.